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Overview

Scott P. Orr is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans across psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, with particular focus on cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology. They also have notable work in behavioral neuroscience and complementary and alternative medicine.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, including memory and neural mechanisms, stress responses and cortisol, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, sleep and wakefulness research, sleep and related disorders, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, and acupuncture treatment studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Scott P. Orr include:

  • Randomized controlled experimental study of hydrocortisone and D-cycloserine effects on fear extinction in PTSD, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Associations between PTSD-Related extinction retention deficits in women and plasma steroids that modulate brain GABAA and NMDA receptor activity, 2020, Neurobiology of Stress
  • Characterizing the analgesic effects of real and imagined acupuncture using functional and structure MRI, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Hippocampal circuits underlie improvements in self-reported anxiety following mindfulness training, 2020, Brain and Behavior
  • Autonomic activity, posttraumatic and nontraumatic nightmares, and PTSD after trauma exposure, 2021, Psychological Medicine

Scott P. Orr frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Natasha B. Lasko, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Roger K. Pitman, Jian Kong, and Augustus Kram Mendelsohn.

Their work is often published in specialized venues, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Journal of Neuropsychiatry

Overall, the research contributions of Scott P. Orr encompass experimental and clinical approaches to understanding psychological and neurological conditions, with an emphasis on PTSD, anxiety, memory, and treatments involving both pharmacological and alternative modalities.

Best Publications

  • Smaller hippocampal volume predicts pathologic vulnerability to psychological trauma

    Mark Gilbertson;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Aleksandra Ciszewski;Kiyoto Kasai

  • Biological studies of post-traumatic stress disorder

    Roger K. Pitman;Ann M. Rasmusson;Ann M. Rasmusson;Karestan C. Koenen;Lisa M. Shin;Lisa M. Shin

  • Neurobiological basis of failure to recall extinction memory in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Mohammed R. Milad;Roger K. Pitman;Cameron B. Ellis;Andrea L. Gold

  • A symptom provocation study of posttraumatic stress disorder using positron emission tomography and script-driven imagery

    S L Rauch;B A van der Kolk;R E Fisler;N M Alpert

  • Prospective Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Following Trauma

    Arieh Y. Shalev;Sara Freedman;Tuvia Peri;Dalia Brandes

  • Exaggerated amygdala response to masked facial stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional MRI study.

    Scott L Rauch;Paul J Whalen;Lisa M Shin;Lisa M Shin;Sean C McInerney

  • Recall of fear extinction in humans activates the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in concert.

    Mohammed R. Milad;Christopher I. Wright;Christopher I. Wright;Scott P. Orr;Scott P. Orr;Roger K. Pitman

  • Pilot study of secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder with propranolol

    Roger K. Pitman;Kathy M. Sanders;Randall M. Zusman;Anna R. Healy

  • Magnetic resonance imaging study of hippocampal volume in chronic, combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Tamara V. Gurvits;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Martha Elizabeth Shenton;Hiroto Hokama;Hiroto Hokama;Hirokazu Ohta;Hirokazu Ohta

  • A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex responses to overtly presented fearful faces in posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Lisa M. Shin;Christopher I. Wright;Paul A. Cannistraro;Michelle M. Wedig

  • Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in the Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex During Traumatic Imagery in Male and Female Vietnam Veterans With PTSD

    Lisa M. Shin;Scott P. Orr;Margaret A. Carson;Scott L. Rauch

  • Psychophysiologic assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder imagery in Vietnam combat veterans.

    Roger K. Pitman;Scott P. Orr;Dennis F. Forgue;Jacob B. de Jong

  • Regional cerebral blood flow during script-driven imagery in childhood sexual abuse-related PTSD: A PET investigation.

    Lisa M. Shin;Richard J. McNally;Stephen M. Kosslyn;William L. Thompson

  • An fMRI study of anterior cingulate function in posttraumatic stress disorder

    Lisa M Shin;Lisa M Shin;Paul J Whalen;Roger K Pitman;George Bush

  • De novo conditioning in trauma-exposed individuals with and without posttraumatic stress disorder

    Scott P. Orr;Linda J. Metzger;Natasha B. Lasko;Michael L. Macklin

  • Effect of post-retrieval propranolol on psychophysiologic responding during subsequent script-driven traumatic imagery in post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Alain Brunet;Scott P. Orr;Scott P. Orr;Jacques Tremblay;Kate Robertson

  • A Prospective Study of Heart Rate Response Following Trauma and the Subsequent Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Arieh Y. Shalev;Tali Sahar;Sara Freedman;Tuvia Peri

  • Presence and acquired origin of reduced recall for fear extinction in PTSD: Results of a twin study

    Mohammed R. Milad;Scott P. Orr;Scott P. Orr;Natasha B. Lasko;Yuchiao Chang

  • A Role for the Human Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Fear Expression

    Mohammed R. Milad;Gregory J. Quirk;Roger K. Pitman;Scott P. Orr;Scott P. Orr

  • Thickness of ventromedial prefrontal cortex in humans is correlated with extinction memory

    Mohammed R. Milad;Brian T. Quinn;Roger K. Pitman;Scott P. Orr

  • Lower precombat intelligence is a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Michael L. Macklin;Linda J. Metzger;Brett T. Litz;Richard J. McNally

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger K. Pitman
Roger K. Pitman Harvard University
Natasha B. Lasko
Natasha B. Lasko Harvard University
Michael L. Macklin
Michael L. Macklin Veterans Health Administration
Scott L. Rauch
Scott L. Rauch McLean Hospital
Mohammed R. Milad
Mohammed R. Milad New York University
Mohammed R Milad
Mohammed R Milad The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Lisa M. Shin
Lisa M. Shin Tufts University
Suzanne L. Pineles
Suzanne L. Pineles Boston University
Arieh Y. Shalev
Arieh Y. Shalev New York University
Edward F. Pace-Schott
Edward F. Pace-Schott Harvard University

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